"I truly appreciate your work as an artist and the care and strength of character you have shown as an individual. Truly remarkable and inspirational! I will do everything I can on my end to help move this project forward into implementation and hope to continue our work together in the future."

Ashley Hanson, Director of Programs of Public Art St. Paul

"I want to thank you again for your excellent work. This is a project that holds tremendous promise and challenge and we admire your courage and compassion in exploring the conditions and needs and in proposing visionary solutions."